From info at j-n-v.org Fri Nov 7 13:02:45 2008 From: info at j-n-v.org (Justice Not Vengeance) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:02:45 +0000 Subject: [JNV] Chomsky Tributes - Naming The Dead of Afghanistan - Greeting Obama - JNV gives evidence to Parliament Message-ID: 1-3) Chomsky tribute website and events 4) Naming the Dead of Afghanistan 5) Greeting Obama with a message of hope 6) JNV gives evidence to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Dear friends As you may know, it one month from today Noam Chomsky will be marking his 80th birthday. Here are four relevant items: -- 1) Chomsky tribute website JNV has supported the setting up of a Chomsky tribute website http://www.chomskytribute.org The site will go public on Monday 10 November. Please do visit and leave a text or video message to be part of the initial launched! -- 2) Chomsky meeting, London Justice Not Vengeance is proud to be co-sponsoring, with Peace News and Voices in the Wilderness UK, a meeting to celebrate Chomsky's contributions to our struggles for peace and justice. Speakers include: Gabriel Carlyle (Voices in the Wilderness UK) Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper) Jonathan Steele (Guardian) Mel Alfonso (Solidarity Not Charity) Mel Evans (Climate campaigner) Milan Rai (Peace News/JNV) 7.30pm, Monday 1 December Artworkers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT. Free, but please reserve your seat by emailing chomsky80@j-n-v.org -- 3) Two Chomsky conferences, Manchester & Newcastle >>Chomsky@80 Speakers include: Andy Bowman David Miller, Strathclyde University Leo Murray, Plane Stupid Milan Rai, JNV/Peace News Saturday 29 November, 2008 Central Hall, Oldham St, Manchester =A35 unwaged/=A310 waged. http://www.chomskyat80.org.uk >>Twenty Years at the Margins: The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model and Critical Media and Communication Studies, 1988-2008 Speakers include: James Curran, Alison Edgley, David Miller, Peter Wilkin and Milan Rai. 9.30am - 5pm, Friday 19 December 2008, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne =A320/=A310 students andrew.mullen@unn.ac.uk ----- 4) Naming the Dead of Afghanistan On 7 October, JNV, Voices in the Wilderness UK, and the London and Oxford Catholic Workers marked the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan by holding a seven-hour vigil opposite Downing Street. We read the names of the dead, both Afghan civilians and British soldiers. Maya Evans has written about the experience in the latest issue of Peace Ne= ws. Should you wish to carry out a similar vigil, JNV has created lists of the names and they are now available on the JNV website: http://www.j-n-v.org The Stop The War coalition is encouraging local groups to mark the 20 November anniversary of the supposed 'liberation' of Afghanistan. ----- 5) Camp Hope The astonishing US peace group Voices for Creative Nonviolence is setting out on a gruelling challenge in January: 'In January, 2009, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as president of the United States. We earnestly hope his presidency will signal the dawning of long-needed progressive change in the United States. To help build popular momentum behind the progressive goals of President Obama's campaign, we invite you to join us in maintaining a 20-day presence, from January 1 =96 January 19, 2009, in Hyde Park, Chicago: "Camp Hope: Countdown Toward Change." 'Every day from New Years' to Dr. Martin Luther King Day (1/1-1/19), whatever winter has in store for us, we will set up at the intersection of E. Hyde Park Blvd. and 5100 S. Drexel Ave to congratulate Senator Obama as our new President-elect and recommit ourselves to progressive actions he promoted on his campaign trail. We are urging President-elect Obama to take eight actions immediately upon being sworn into office, and reminding ourselves that these are only eight early steps to more profound policy changes.' Read more on the Camp Hope website: http://www.camphope2009.org ----- 6) Protesting inside Parliament On 21 October, Milan Rai of Justice Not Vengeance and Peace News gave evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding the right to protest. He bluntly told the committee that: '...what I am trying to indicate is that there is a problem in coming to you to talk about the laws around protest when for very many of the people who are engaged in protest what they see is not a problem of the disruption that protest causes but disruption for future generations, to society as a whole, to other societies caused by the activities of the Government, corporations and so on, which they are trying to remedy inadequately, generally timidly, and in a minor way, causing minor disruptions to the body of society when there are major disturbances and disruptions being caused by corporations and governments who are allowed to proceed unhindered by Parliament and the judiciary and the police.' For more of his evidence, and valuable remarks by Lindis Percy of the Campaign for Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) and Phil McLeish of Climate Camp, please see: http://www.tinyurl.com/jnv-jchr For another fortnight, video of the session will be available from: http://tinyurl.com/jnv-jchr-video ----- Best wishes, Maya Evans, Emily Johns, Milan Rai --=20 Justice Not Vengeance 07980 748 555 / 0845 458 9572 / j-n-v.org From info at j-n-v.org Wed Nov 26 09:45:32 2008 From: info at j-n-v.org (Justice Not Vengeance) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:45:32 +0000 Subject: [JNV] Chomsky events reminder Message-ID: Dear friends We hope you find this notice of upcoming events (largely compiled by Voices in the Wilderness UK) useful. Best wishes Maya Evans, Emily Johns, Milan Rai JNV ********************************************** 1) CHOMSKY EVENTS >> JNV has supported the setting up of a Chomsky tribute website http://www.chomskytribute.org The site will go public on Monday 10 November. Please do visit and leave a text or video message to be part of the initial launched! >> Chomsky meeting, London Justice Not Vengeance is proud to be co-sponsoring, with Peace News and Voices in the Wilderness UK, a meeting to celebrate Chomsky's contributions to our struggles for peace and justice. Speakers include: Gabriel Carlyle (Voices in the Wilderness UK) Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper) Jonathan Steele (Guardian) Mel Alfonso (Solidarity Not Charity) Mel Evans (Climate campaigner) Milan Rai (Peace News/JNV) 7.30pm, Monday 1 December Artworkers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT. Free, but please reserve your seat by emailing chomsky80@j-n-v.org >> Chomsky@80, Manchester Speakers include: Andy Bowman David Miller, Strathclyde University Leo Murray, Plane Stupid Milan Rai, JNV/Peace News Saturday 29 November, 2008 Central Hall, Oldham St, Manchester =A35 unwaged/=A310 waged. http://www.chomskyat80.org.uk >> Twenty Years at the Margins, Newcastle The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model and Critical Media and Communication Studies, 1988-2008 Speakers include: James Curran, Alison Edgley, David Miller, Peter Wilkin and Milan Rai. 9.30am - 5pm, Friday 19 December 2008, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne =A320/=A310 students andrew.mullen@unn.ac.uk ********************************************** 2) ADVANCE NOTICE: AFGHANISTAN ACTION DIE-IN FOR NATO'S VICTIMS IN AFGHANISTAN BLOCKADE OF NORTHWOOD APRIL 2009 NATO 60th Anniversary Actions Meet 11am, Thursday 2 April 2009 Northwood tube station (Metropolitan line) for a procession to the gates of Britain's military nerve centre (and NATO Regional Command) Wear wedding clothes if possible. WHAT IF THEY'D BEEN BRITISH? On 6 July 2008 forty-seven Afghan civilians =96 including over 37 children = =96 were killed when a US war plane bombed a wedding procession in eastern Afghanistan. Thousands more have been killed by US/NATO forces since the 20= 01 invasion. Between 2 - 5 April 2009 NATO will be celebrating its 60th anniversary with= a meeting in Strasbourg. Join us on Thursday 2 April for an act of nonviolent civil disobedience at Britain's military nerve centre in Northwood, demandi= ng an end to the bombing and the withdrawal of all British troops from Afghanistan. Accommodation available on Wednesday (1 April) and Thursday (2 April) night= s. Speakers available to talk to local groups: 15 Feb =96 15 Mar. Transport to the international demo in Strasbourg on 4 April is available f= rom the Stop the War Coalition. Coaches leave London at 9am on 3 April. Tickets cost =A370. www.stopwar.org.uk or 0207 278 6694. Action supported by JNV, the London and Oxford Catholic Workers and Voices = UK. www.stopbombingafghanistan.org ********************************************** 3) 1-4 DEC, IPSWICH: TRIAL OF THE LAKENHEATH 8 Ipswich Crown Court, 1 Russell Rd, Ipswich, IP1 2AG With expert witness Rae McGrath, Nobel Laureate and founder of the Mines Advisory Group. On the 2nd October 2006, 8 people cut the fence ran into th= e US military base and locked themselves to the gate of the Special Munitions St= ore at RAF Lakenheath in order to stop the use of those weapons and in order to secure evidence of war crimes. The eight were arrested were Section 128 of = the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, and have also been charged with criminal damage for cutting through the fence. More info: Mellcndeast@cnduk= .org or 0845 3370282. ********************************************** 4) 29-30 NOV, EDINBURGH: NATIONAL ANTI-MILITARIST GATHERING. A gathering of reflection and planning for a new anti-militarist movement. Venue: The Societies Centre, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. The gathering wil= l take a critical look at the current state of the anti-militarist/anti-war/p= eace movement in the UK, celebrating the movement's successes and analysing its shortcomings, as well as providing a forum to discuss how we can build an anti-militarist movement capable of resisting and stopping current and futu= re militarism and aggressive state violence. The gathering will also aim to br= ing together a broad-based network of groups and individuals to begin mobilisin= g for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that will take place 13th-17th November 2009. Crash space and kids space will be provided = and all venues are wheelchair accessible. edinburghantimilitarists@riseup.net or http://tinyurl.com/55vkmw ******************************************************** 5) OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS EVERY MONTH, LONDON: WALK IN PEACE. Slow, silent walk in peace for peace. M= eet 10.55am, first Sunday of every month, 'Speakers Corner Caf=E9', just south of Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park (Marble Arch tube). Walk lasts one hour.Contact: 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com. See www.walkinpeace.co.uk EVERY MONTH, LONDON: MONTHLY MEETINGS OF IRAQ OCCUPATION FOCUS. 2nd Thursda= y of each month. Next meeting: 11 Dec. All meetings: 7.30pm, Indian YMCA, 41 Fit= zroy Square, W1T 6AQ. See www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk EVERY MON-SAT, BRISTOL: PEACE VIGIL. Running since a few days after 9/11. 5.30-6.30pm (Mon-Fri) & 3-4pm (Sat). City Centre, opposite The Hippodrome, St. Augustines Parade. EVERY MONTH, ALDERMASTON: MONTHLY WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP OUTSIDE THE UK'S NUCLE= AR WEAPONS FACTORY IN BERKSHIRE in opposition to the building of a new generat= ion of nuclear weapons. 8pm Friday till noon Sunday. Remaining dates for 2008: 11-13 Dec. info@aldermaston.net or 07969 739 812. www.aldermaston.net. EVERY WED, LONDON: SILENT WOMEN N BLACK VIGIL against violence, militarism = and war. 6-7pm, Edith Cavell Statue (opposite National Portrait Gallery). Pleas= e wear black. wibinfo@gn.apc.org or www.womeninblack.org.uk. EVERY WED, MOULSCOMBE: NOISE DEMO OUTSIDE EDO MBM - 'an arms company that m= akes bomb parts used in the Iraq war' (Guardian). 4-6pm, EDO MBM, Home Farm Road= . Contact 07891 1405 923. www.smashedo.org.uk EVERY TUESDAY, MENWITH HILL: DEMO OUTSIDE THE US SPY-BASE used for (amongst other things) intelligence and surveillance gathering in the Middle East. 6-8 pm outside the main entrance to Menwith Hill Nr Harrogate, North Yorksh= ire. Contact the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases: www.caab.org= .uk. 15 NOV, LONDON: UNDER SIEGE - ISLAM, WAR AND THE MEDIA. Conference with Moa= zzam Begg, Lauren Booth, and Eamonn McCann. 2 =96 6.30pm, London School of Economics. =A315 / =A310. Org. by Media Workers Against the War: info@mwaw.= net 26 NOVEMBER, LONDON: NATIONAL LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT FOR PALESTINE in the run-= up to the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November. House of Commons, Parliament, London More info: info[at]palestinecampaign.org and www.palestinecampaign.org 29-30 NOV, EDINBURGH: NATIONAL ANTI-MILITARIST GATHERING. A gathering of reflection and planning for a new anti-militarist movement. Venue: The Societies Centre, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. The gathering will take a critical look at the current state of the anti-militarist/anti-war/peace movement in the UK, celebrating the movement's successes and analysing its shortcomings, as well as providing a forum to discuss how we can build an anti-militarist movement capable of resisting and stopping current and futu= re militarism and aggressive state violence. The gathering will also aim to br= ing together a broad-based network of groups and individuals to begin mobilisin= g for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that will take place 13th-17th November 2009. Crash space and kids space will be provided and all venues are wheelchair accessible. edinburghantimilitarists@riseup.net or http://tinyurl.com/55vkmw 1 DEC, LONDON: CELEBRATING CHOMSKY. 80th birthday tribute to Noam Chomsky. 7.30pm, Artworkers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1. With Jonathan Steele (Guardian), Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper), Milan Rai (Peace News) and Mela= nie Alfonso (Solidarity Not Charity). Chair: Maya Anne Evans. chomsky80@j-n-v.o= rg. Organised by JNV and Peace News and supported by Voices UK. 1 - 4 DEC, IPSWICH CROWN COURT: TRIAL OF THE LAKENHEATH 8 with expert witne= ss Rae McGrath, Nobel Laureate and founder of the Mines Advisory Group. On the= 2nd October 2006, 8 people cut the fence ran into the US military base and lock= ed themselves to the gate of the Special Munitions Store at RAF Lakenheath in order to stop the use of those weapons and in order to secure evidence of w= ar crimes. The eight were arrested were Section 128 of the Serious Organised C= rime and Police Act, and have also been charged with criminal damage for cutting through the fence. Court address: 1 Russell Rd, Ipswich, IP1 2AG. More info= : Mellcndeast@cnduk.org or 0845 3370282. 5 DEC, LONDON: STOP THE WAR XMAS PARTY. 6.30pm, The Canal Museum, 12/13 New Wharf Road, N1 9RT (tube: Kings Cross). With live music from Green - curren= t and ex-members of Amy Winehouse Band. Tickets =A310 (includes food). Order online at http://tinyurl.com/5gndzo or by phone 020 7378 6694. www.stopwar.org.uk. 10 DEC, LONDON: WHY HUMAN RIGHTS? Public meeting to mark human rights day. = 6pm, New Theatre, LSE, Houghton St WC2 (tube: Holborn/Temple). With AC Grayling, Andy Worthington (The Guantanamo Files), Vivienne Westwood and others. Q&A = with panellists, followed by discussion on where to take the UK civil rights movement. Informal pre-meeting from 3pm Room H102, Connaught House building (LSE, on Aldwych) to discuss background info, action proposals and any othe= r issues of concern. Event organised by CAMPACC, the London Guant=E1namo Camp= aign, London Against Injustice and others.For more details on event, please email humanrights2012@gmail.com or visit www.peopleincommon.org 13 DEC, LEEDS: CHANGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE - WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT? Talk with Prof Paul Rogers, Dept of Peace Studies, Bradford University. 12 =96 1pm at Civic Hall Leeds (tbc), Portland Crescent, LS1 1U= R. Yorkshire CND AGM at 1 =96 3pm. 01274 730795 info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk 19 DEC, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE: TWENTY YEARS AT THE MARGINS. The Herman-Chomsk= y Propaganda Model and Critical Media and Communications Studies 1998 - 2008. With James Curran, David Miller and others. 9.30am - 5pm, Northumbria University, Lipman Building, Sandyford Rd. Registration: andrew.mullen@unn.ac.uk or 0191 227 3085. 28 DEC, LONDON: HOLY INNOCENTS DAY EVENTS organsied by the Anglican Pacifis= t Fellowship. 10.30am witness at the Innocent Victims' Stone outside Westminster Abbey followed by a service at 12 noon in St Martin-in-the-Fiel= ds, Trafalgar Square. Contact APF on 01908 510642. 10 JAN, LONDON: NONVIOLENCE - A DANGEROUS IDEA. First workshop in a year-lo= ng course in methods and practices of social change for activists. This sessio= n looks at the complexity and power of nonviolence with the aim of understand= ing the history, traditions, practices and long legacy of nonviolence resistanc= e. Workshops are available as a year-long course or one-off workshops. Full co= urse =A3250, one-day workshop =A325; concessions available. Friends House, Eusto= n, London. Venue is wheelchair accessible. Prior booking essential. For more details see www.turning-the-tide.org or email denised@quaker.org.uk or stevew@quaker.org.uk phone 020 7663 1061/1064. 15 - 31 JAN, UK: SPEAKING TOUR BY GENE STOLTZFUS former director of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). Gene spent time in Iraq in 2003, consulti= ng with Iraqi detainees, Muslim and Christian clerics and US soldiers. cpt.unitedkingdom[at]gmail.com or call 0845 450 0214. 28 FEB, OXFORD: BUILDING ALLIANCE FOR JOINT ACTION AGAINST WAR. A one day conference open to all, aiming to unite groups and individuals campaigning = for justice and peace into a broad alliance which would be strong enough to challenge the renewed arms race and the perpetual planning for war. Organis= ed by Network of Oxford Women (NOW) for Justice and Peace, NOW are inviting interested groups to support the event by co-sponsoring, offering financial support and/or sending a delegation of up to 6 people to the conference. Contact Margaret Stanton, co-ordinator of NOW, 1 Charles Ponsonby House, Osberton Road, Oxford OX2 7PQ. www.nowpeace.org.uk 4 - 5 APRIL 2009, STRASBOURG: NO TO NATO - STOP THE SPREAD OF WAR - TROOPS = OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. International protests to coincide with NATO's 60th anniver= sary conference. Stop the War and CND and running several coaches to the demonstration at NATO's meeting in Strasbourg. the coaches will leave Londo= n on 3 April at 9am and depart either Sunday 5 April 10am or 7pm. Seats cost =A3= 70, plus a =A33 booking fee. www.stopwar.org.uk.